92 participants showed up to brave the muddy trails at this year's Shell Ridge meet. Below are the complete results. After the previous night's rain (while visions of canceled runs danced in our heads), the weather on Sunday was great: clear skies offering panoramic views of the surrounding areas.
The weather was quite a contrast to two weeks earlier, when we were attempting to set the courses. These same views allowed us to see a heavy rainstorm as it approached from the east. Needless to say, we found out that our indelible markers wouldn't write in the rain. We made up the time with several early-morning forays to complete and vet the courses.
Eventually, after some early-morning delays, the event went off rather well. The general consensus was that Shell Ridge is a nice park to run in, as evidenced by the fact that we had to turn down about five offers to pick up controls.
The White course was won by half of the Girl Scout team of Render, Molinari, Meier, Long, Salter, and Schnoll (they split up into two groups). Chris Dames had an outstanding run on the Yellow course, beating the nearest competition by 6.5 minutes. Randy Thomas had a similarly great run on the Orange course.
Short:
8 6 7 9 13 10 4 2 1 3 5 11 12 (Thorsten Graeve)
9 13 10 4 7 6 3 2 1 5 8 12 11 (Jonas Libell)
12 11 5 1 3 2 6 8 7 4 10 13 9 (Werner Haag)
Long:
16 19 17 12 11 7 8 10 3 4 2 1 6 5 9 13 15 14 18 (James Scarborough)
18 14 13 15 9 5 6 1 2 4 7 3 10 8 11 12 17 16 19 (Doug Stein)
16 19 17 12 11 7 8 10 3 4 2 1 5 6 9 13 15 14 18 (Dan Stoll-Hadayia)
The route choices for the short course tended to be rather varied,
indicating the difficulty of choosing an optimal
route. From the results, there was no clear "best way," but people were
forming rather strong opinions about "what
they should have done" after they finished.
The winning paths for the long course, however, were more homogenous. Of notable exception is the path of Doug Stein, whose path is virtually the reverse of the other winning paths. The net effect of this reversal was to spread out the "return from the far side of the ridge" climb while slightly increasing distance. Given the speed of his fleet-footed competition, it is quite likely that his route was slightly better overall.
Rosemary Johnson permits
Josh and Deborah Friederichs registration
Eric Anderson control setting and pickup
Van Boughner beginners' clinics
Cheryl Madson, Van Boughner starts
Doug Stein, David Meredith finishes
Frazier Stevenson results
Van Boughner, Doug Stein control pickup
Michihiro Kamijima control pickup
White (2.3 km, 130 m, 9 controls)
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1) Render, Molinari, Meier
Long, Salter, Schnoll (group 1) 66:32
2) Brittany, Amber, Grace 67:29
3) Alex, Laine, Megan, Nicky 71:45
4) Render, Molinari, Meier,
Long, Salter, Schnoll (group 2) 75:30
5) Joe, Pam, Jake DNF
Yellow (3.1 km, 165 m, 7 controls)
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1) Chris Dames 28:57
2) Kevin Schoenfeld 35:24
3) Debbie Wojtowien 43:04
4) Dao Le 84:37
5) Judy Ace, Dianne Sweeny,
Claudette Levensque 93:32
6) Denise Wojtowiez 102:45
7) Fishkin, Okuri, Worrell 109:57
8) Ev & Jean Beuerman 109:58
9) Brandon Young 134:45
10) Elliot Young DNF
11) Malcom Wyatt-Mair DNF
Orange (2.7 km, 180 m, 9 controls)
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1) Randy Thomas 28:19
2) D. Dyer 35:42
3) Chris Dames 38:27
4) Danna Porrat 49:16
5) Michael Young 52:31
6) Dan Rose 52:57
7) Reggie Dayard, Jasper Wu 56:19
8) Samanskaya 63:46
9) Cheryl Madson 82:27
10) Weyde Meyer 93:16
11) Joe Riven 108:32
12) Bill and Helen Madsen 115:13
13) Galena Shakhnovsky 127:39
Short Scramble (3.7 km (est), 260 m, 13 controls)
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1) Thorsten Graeve 47:15
2) Jonas Libell 58:13
3) Werner Haag 58:53
4) Joe Scarbrough 63:23
5) Tony Pinkham 64:24
6) David Jergenien 65:04
7) Chris Taylor 68:01
8) J. Lahtinen 69:09
9) Mike Fleishman 76:33
10) Oleg Shakhnovsky 78:46
11) Jerry Gleason 79:50
12) Rick Boyer 87:01
13) Frazier Stevenson 104:22
14) David Meredith 112:54
15) Dave Madiano 113:34
16) Vic Revenko 133:19
17) Rosemary Johnson 161:57
18) Corey Conzalez, Chad Shenk,
Tara Lafferty, Rob Santord DNF
19) Angelica Riley DNF
Long Scramble (6.1 km (est), 400 m, 19 controls)
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1) James Scarborough 60:41
2) Doug Stein 63:33
3) Dan Stoll-Hadayia 64:20
4) Steve Gregg 66:50
5) Michihiro Kamijima 67:38
6) Dan Greene 78:13
7) Ian Tidswell 83:07
8) Mark Prior 83:44
9) Rex Winterbottom 83:55
10) Steve Smith 86:08
11) Kelly Wells 92:50
12) Gavin Wyatt-Mair 96:16
13) Mark Blair 105:26
14) Rob Williams 119:07
15) Russell Green 125:28
16) Lucy DuPertuis 179:03
17) Raymond Kemp OT (184:58)